1_Douglass Documents Available for Transcription (December 2022)

Cosmopolite to Frederick Douglass, April 4, 1855

Cosmopolite to Frederick Douglass. PLSr: Frederick DouglassP, 20 April 1855. Describes a trip to rare book shop, Bailliere's in New York City.

Gerrit Smith to Frederick Douglass, May 7, 1855

Gerrit Smith to Frederick Douglass. PLSr: Frederick DouglassP, 11 May 1855. Compares a ruling on the prohibitionary Maine Law by Judge Nicholas Hill, Jr., to that of American slavery, concluding that the latter is unconstitutional.

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G[eorge] B. V[ashon] to Frederick Douglass, June 22, 1855

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Henry Miles to Frederick Douglass, April 5, 1855

Henry Miles to Frederick Douglass. PLSr: Frederick DouglassP, 20 April 1855. Thanks recent praise of the Free Labor party; describes that party as opposed to the legalization of slavery everywhere.

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J. W. Adams to Frederick Douglass, May 31, 1855

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J. W. C. Pennington to Frederick Douglass, May 11, 1855

J. W. C. Pennington to Frederick Douglass. PLSr: Frederick DouglassP, 11 May 1855. Reveals another insulting article written by the Albion Anti-Slavery Society.

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J[ames] R[awson] J[ohnson] to Frederick Douglass, May 1, 1855

J[ames] R[awson] J[ohnson] to Frederick Douglass. PLIr: Frederick DouglassP, 11 May 1855. Acknowledges his mistake of calling newly-elected congressman Sidney Dean, George.

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J[ames]W. C. Pennington to Frederick Douglass, May 4, 1855

J[ames]W. C. Pennington to Frederick Douglass. PLSr: Frederick DouglassP, 4 May 1855. Counters claims that he was a member of a proslavery Presbyterian church.

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J[ermain] W[esley] Loguen to Frederick Douglass, April 6, 1855

J[ermain] W[esley] Loguen to Frederick Douglass. PLSr: Frederick DouglassP, 6 April 1855. Recounts speeches made in Deleware; describes the growing antislavery sentiment there and of Underground Railroad stations in that state.

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J[ermain] W[esley] Loguen to Frederick Douglass, April 9, 1855

J[ermain] W[esley] Loguen to Frederick Douglass. PLSr: Frederick DouglassP, 20 April 1855. Reports that he has been circulating petitions around New York that acknowledge the civil rights of blacks.

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